Conner Industries Acquires Guardian Packaging Industries
August 3, 2023
Conner Industries, a Fort Worth-based provider of lumber and integrated packaging solutions, has acquired Guardian Packaging Industries LP, a Garland, Texas-based foam cutting and integrated packaging specialist (including its Southwest Air Products division). The acquisition expands Conner's integrated packaging footprint and capabilities — including foam, corrugate and adhesive foam tape production — and supports growth into military/defense and other industrial end markets in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.
- Buyers
- Conner Industries, Inc.
- Targets
- Guardian Packaging Industries, LP
- Industry
- Packaging
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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